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tCfje Couutil of tbe ^ocietP of. Colonial Wavs in the 

State of Vermont, in special meeting assembled, on 12 
November, 1919, adopted the following resolutions in mem- 
ory of their compatriot, 

Cbtoarb €berett (SrecnUat 

who died at his home in Huntsville, Alabama, 1 January, 
1919. 

J^c toaS abmittcb to this Society, 22 February, 1907, in 
right of descent from Edmund Greenleaf, of Boston, who 
commanded a company against the Indians, 1G37-39; was 
made ensign at Newbury, Mass., and was "Ancient and ex- 
perienced Lef tenant" 1G44; was made captain, 1644; was at 
the head of the militia under Gerrish until 1G47. 

H^t tnas born at Derby, Vermont, 13 August, 1837. After 
several years' absence from the State he returned in ISGl, 
and enlisted in the First Vermont Battery as a private. He 
served with distinction throughout the Civil War, being 
several times promoted, closing his military service as 
captain on the staff of his brother, Gen. William L. Green- 
leaf, brigade commander. 

Captain (Greenleaf continue<l his interest in military 
affairs by service in the Vermont Militia for nearly twenty- 
five years. He held the position of deputy collector of in- 
ternal revenue, and when he went south to live, in 1888, 
he was appointed deputy marshal in Alabama. He served 
until he received an appointment as deputy clerk of the 
United States Circuit and District Court in that State. At 
the time of his death he was United States commissioner. 

i^t£( funeral and burial were held in Burlington, under 
the auspices of Stannard Post, No. 2, G. A. R., of which 
he was a member. 

tE^ljist ^ocietp extends sincere sympathy to Captain 
Greenleaf's widow, two daughters, and relatives in their 
great loss. The Society mourns the loss of so faithful a 
public servant, and records its appreciation of his military 
and civil service. 

CHARLES LINCOLN WOODBURY, 
STEPHEN PERRY JOCELYN, 
HARVEY ROBERTS KINGSLEY, 

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at a Special Meeting of the Council of the Society of 
Colonial Wars in the State of Vermont, held on 12 Novem- 
ber, 1919, these resolutions were adopted on the death of 

Slplie prantlep f ones 

who died at Hancock, N. Y., on 27 January, 1919. 

0n tf)C morning of that day he started with his chauf- 
feur for New York City, was taken sick, on the way, and 
died within a few minutes in his car while hurrying to a 
physician. He had been in good health so far as any one 
knew and his sudden death was a shock to his many friends. 

3^c tDas one of Pingbantton'st most active business men. 
He was born in Oxiford, Conn., 15 August, 1862, the son of 
.lohn .James and Martha Chatfield .Tones. When twenty- 
one years old he went to New Haven, Conn., where he lived 
about two years, and there married Miss Lillian Brown, 
of that city, who, with their two daughters, Mrs. .John C. 
Clark and Mrs. Robert B. Hoadley, .Jr., both of Bingham- 
ton, survive him. 

?^c rcmobeb to Turlington, Vermont, in 1S8.5, and took 
a iiosition as stenographer with the Wells & Richardson 
Comi'any. His marked ability was soon noticed and in a 
short time the company made him advertising manager. 
This position he held until 19U1, when he removed to Hart- 
ford, Conn., where he lived but a short time and then went 
to Buffalo, N. Y., where he was the advertising manager 
of a i)atent medicine concern. 

Slbout 1904 he removed to Binghamton and established 
the VVylie B. .Junes Advertising Company which, under his 
successful management, became a large business concern 
He was an active business man and held the confidence of 
the business community. 

31t is! Saib of i)im that he gave liberally to public and 
charitable enterprises. His funeral was held at Bingham- 
ton, on Wednesday, 29 .January, 1919. 

jMr. 5onc«( was a member of several clubs and became 
a member of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of 



Vermont, 22 February, 1898, in right of descent from Col. 
Fbenezer Johnson, who was commissioned captain in the 
French and Indian War in 1GS9, and commissioned colonel 
in 1710. 

iWr. 3JoneS was secretary of this Society 1899-1900, and 
lieutenant-governor 1901. 

tKftiS ^ocictP mourns his loss and extends the sympathy 
of its members to his family. 

HAMILTON SULLIVAN PECK, 
HENRY LANDON WARD. 
ELIAS LYMAN, 

Committee on Resolutions. 



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VLi)C Council of tlje ^ocietp of Colonial Wat& in the 
State of Vermont, assembled in a special meeting on 12 
June, 1919, accepted and adopted the following resolutions 
on the death of one of the younger members of the Society, 

?^enrp Halter Mzhh 

as presented by the Committee on Resolutions. 

iUlr. Wiebb died at his home in New York City on 25 
January, 1919, after a very brief illness with pneumonia. 

^e became a member of this Society on 22 February, 

1909, in right of descent from Sergeant John Nott, who 
was in charge of a quota of twenty-six men furnished by 
Wethersfield, Conn., for the Pequot War. He was a mem- 
ber of the Committee on Installation from 1915 to the time 
of his death. 

^t toag born at Riverdale, N. Y., 9 March, 1886; was 
the eldest son of Henry Valter Webb and Lila F-Tov/ard 
Griswold, and grandson of General James Watson Webb 
and Laura Virginia Cram. He was educated at Groton 
School, Groton, Mass., graduating from there in 1904. He 
entered Yale, where he graduated with high honors in the 
class of 1908. He studied law at the Columbia Law School, 
graduated, and was admitted to the bar in 1911. He never 
practiced his profession, but entered the automobile parts 
manufacturing business. 

Mi)tn tfjts Countrp entered the war his health was 
such that he could not be accepted in the Army. His com- 
l)any devoted itself to the making of munitions. 

^t marrieb Miss Constance Eastman, of New York, in 

1910, and she survives him, but they had no chiUh-en. He 
was a devoted and true friend to those who knew him 
intimately. 

He e.xtenb to his wife our sincere sympathy in her loss. 

JAMES WATSON WEBB, 
MARION SHALER ALLEN, 
ROBERT HARVEY GAY, 

Committee on Resolutions. 



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tEJjc Council of tf)c ^otictp of Colonial Muts in the 
State of Vermont assembled in regular session on 22 May, 
1922, adopted the following resolutions on the death of 

iHajor 3ra J|obart Cbansi 

who died at his home in San Diego, California, on 19 
April, 1922. 

ilttajor Sra J*?obart Cbans was admitted to member- 
ship in this Society on 22 February, 1896, it being the sec- 
ond annual meeting of the Society, by right of descent from 
Governor William Pynchon, of Springfield, Mass., 1590- 
1662. 

iillajor Cbans was a member of the Committee on 
Installation, 1889-1901. 

iilajor Ctians was born in Piermont, N. H., in 1844, and 
was educated at Barre, (Vt.) Academy, having completed 
his college preparatory work when he left the Academy to 
enlist in a local unit of the Vermont Volunteers, which was 
being recruited for the Civil War. He rose to the rank of 
major at 21, and was awarded the Congressional Medal of 
Honor, for distinguished bravery at Hatcher's Run, Vir- 
ginia, in 1865, and was mustered out two years later. 

after tlje Cibil Wax, he went to Texas, and was deputy 
collector in the United States Internal Revenue Service in 
that State for two years, and in 1870 was elected a member 
of the State Legislature, becoming Speaker of the House. 
Later he was general manager of several large Texas coi*- 
porations, and was closely identified with church, educa- 



tional, and patriotic affairs. In addition to his member- 
ship in our Society, he was a member of the Texas Society, 
Sons of the American Revolution, of which he was presi- 
dent for six years; was first vice-president of the National 
Society, Sons of the American Revolution, in 1903-1904; a 
member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; the 
Military Order of the Medal of Honor; the Society of the 
Army of the Potomac ; the Army and Navy Legion of Val- 
or; the University Club of Austin; and the Army and 
Navy Club of New York. 

ilflaior (£bans was well known in Springfield, Mass., 
where he was married, 14 October, 1920, to Miss Jessie 
Stewart, daughter of John E. Stewart. They made their 
home in Austin, Texas, until the spring of 1921, when they 
purchased a permanent home in San Diego, Cal., where 
he died. 

5?e is SurbtbelJ by his widow and three sons, by his 
first wife: Wilbur Leslie Evans, of San Antonio, Hobart Y. 
Evans, of Austin, and Francis H. Evans, of New York City. 
Mrs. Evans brought her husband's body to Montpelier, Vt., 
and it was interred near the old home, in the family plot 
at Berlin Corners, on Tuesday, 2 May, 1922. 

We bcsire to expresfsf to his widow, and other surviving 
members of his family, our high appreciation of Major 
Evans as an honored member of our Society, of whose 
memory we are justly proud, and we extend to them our 
sincere sympathy in their bereavement. 



JOSEPH REYNOLDS, 
HENRY LANDON WARD, 
GARDNER BREWER, 

Committee on Resolution- 



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^f)C Council of tfje ^ocictp of Colonial iHaars in the 

State of Vermont, assembled in a special meeting on 12 
November, 1919, adopted these resolutions in men)Ory of 
their compatriot, 

^usftin lielb jfuUtv 

who died at the home of his sister in Cambridge, Mass., on 
12 June, 1919. 

Captain jFuller was one of the charter members of this 
Society when it was organized on 12 November, 189 t. He 
was chaplain. 1894-95; a gentleman of the Council, 1894-98; 
member of the Committee on Membership, 1894-95; member 
of the Committee on Historical Documents, 1901. He was 
descended from Thomas Prence, 1G00-1G73, who was as- 
sistant and then governor of the Plymouth Colony, 1G34- 
38, and 1G57-73; member of the Council of War against the 
Pequot Indians, 1G37; commissioner for the united colonies 
1G45. 

Captain Jfuller was born in Cornish. N. H., 8 Septem- 
ber, 1841, but early in life came to Vermont with his 
parents. He enlisted in the Tenth Vermont Regiment in 
1862, having been a member of the Ransom Guards before 
that time. He was promoted, and was later commissioned 
as captain, and served faithfully until the close of the war, 
when he worked with the Freedman's Bureau in North 
Carolina. 

J^t tesiteti at ^t. 9lfavins for many years, but in 1906 
went to live with his sister, Mrs. A. J. Wood, of Cambridge, 
Mass. He was a member of Hurlbut Post, No. 60, G. A. R., 
and the members had charge of his burial at Greenwood 
Cemetery, in St. Albans, on Sunday morning, 15 June, 
where he was laid to rest beside Mrs. Fuller. 

0m ^pmpati)? is extended to his sister and relatives. 
We appreciate the life and service of this one of our original 
members. 

EDWARD ALONZO CHITTENDEN, 

EDWARD CURTIS SMITH, 

WILLIAM BRUNSWICK CURRY STICKNEY, 

Committee on Resolutions. 



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